Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb4110632aa367cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 23:17:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ce64e229a3e8783a0a61a89f47dab625 SHA-1: ec0591a904380c6fefd97b18083a6624b3a36e3f SHA-256: cb4110632aa367ccd694886f84129eb3f8636b0edb7a1f29b3fd970cf18b4cb1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, designed to appear as a resource for exam papers. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a phishing or trojan payload. The presence of embedded URLs and the link farm structure suggest an attempt to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=du+msc+maths+entrance+exam+question+papers+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cd5ebae362---54302878649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aafc8ebde2b---vumiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyldkj.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/fufizafixepogin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webcertain.net/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/78669019034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0971f2aa99---76357631474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fablab808.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/sevewotakixazike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scea.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71374726125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a66b5e23e7e1bd91a775f68e2ca35c3a/bovefugik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://genbreedpublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/ruzewekomukubene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22f823a56208497cd5acfb2a02d3b791/sepupozupune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matfplayer.com/calisma2/files/uploads/61205014380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d05b79d10f641e8a273c7d359ccc4c7/dugibumovaselelixuxipun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://at1-turbo-j3t.com/contents//files/didumog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vv484hhsqrf9osqchsej8anro0/93324688265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160830a9d57b4a---mawidavitivopesofefidig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3acbff79f9763d23e23b517df6aab93/34790844251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://upaspor.com/resimler/files/wabulorivozarasotexegal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markasib.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94946624299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1649a00c5a8c23b86314f17dacfdcc15/sijuzobulet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d55c0da1c21049a41af200c6243542ca/32091590593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinicamanila.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/demuserogaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dc4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC4D 11188 bytes
SHA-256: 27395ecb97148f67255322ac8038d5efa9596c6a5d69675bab308fa8bd639a77
font_01_sfnt_off0000f622.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF622 17884 bytes
SHA-256: 794a212ad86af2ce82691a689a2ffb85dc226a0031a76f9b535b687554f10be2
font_02_sfnt_off00012463.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12463 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1